Burning Days
Dec 09 2022
•2h 11m
•Drama, Thriller
With the mayoral election approaching, the newly-appointed state prosecutor of a small Turkish town suffering from a water supply crisis gradually descends into trouble after a young local woman is raped.
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Selahattin Paşalı
Emre
Ekin Koç
Murat
Selin Yeninci
Zeynep
Erol Babaoğlu
Şahin
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